Rescuers have been braving the rain to clear landslide debris
and waterlogging while continuing the search and rescure
work at the site where a passenger plane with 132 people
aboard crashed in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous
region Monday afternoon.
It has been raining continuously since Wednesday evening
at the crash site of the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737
aircraft in a mountainous area of Tengxian country, Guangxi.
By 11 am Thusrday, rescures had cleared landslide debris,
but the rain-soaked soil continued to make travel on foot
difficult. They have laid bamboo frames on the ground
to facilitate the rescue work.
In the core area of the accident site, excavators and
other equipment are ready to resume work.
The regional meteorological bureau at 8 am Thursday
forecast small to moderate rainfall in Tengxian over
the next 12 hours, with accumulated rainfall of 5 to
8 mm and a temperature of 12 to 18 degrees Celsius.
The weather is expected to continue to adversely
affect the rescue work.